Full Speed Ahead

When he’s not catching bad guys on Magnum P.I., actor Tim Kang enjoys his life in the fast lane.

- By Oliver Jones

Tim Kang will never forget the first time it happened. He was shooting through a tight turn at historic Willow Springs racetrack going about 60 mph on his tricked-out Kawasaki ZX-6R. “I leaned that bike over and, for the first time, dragged a knee,” recalls Kang. “Up until that day, my knee pads were fresh as a daisy. To lean that bike over enough where you are dragging a knee in a controlled manner—man, is that exhilarating. That was a moment where I felt, ‘OK, I’m really starting to figure this out.’”